Oserya | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Podostemaceae |
Genus: | Oserya Tul. & Wedd. |
Oserya is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Podostemaceae. [1] Its native range is northern South America, and it is found in Bolivia, Brazil (north and west-central), French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela. [1]
The genus name of Oserya is in honour of Alexandre Victor Eugène Hulot d'Osery (1819–1846), a French geologist and engineer. [2]
It was first described and published in by Edmond Tulasne and Hugh Algernon Weddell in 1849. [1] In 2011, The genus Noveloa was split from Oserya, and was made up of two Central American species: Oserya coulteriana and Oserya longiflora. [3]
The following species are included in the genus according to Kew: [1]
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